LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
LeRoy K. Burket, Jr., of this city enlisted in the U. S. Navy one day last week at the Navy Recruiting Station in Sioux City and reports there for duty next Monday. John Moller, east of town, is also a recent naval recruit there, and George Von Hagel and Eugene Van Court went to the city today (Thursday) to apply for naval enlistment. Both are in the August draft.
Source: Akron Register-Tribune, August 20, 1942
***Further Research:
Leroy Kirwan Burket, Jr. was born Apr. 13, 1920 to Leroy Kirwan (Sr.) and Eunice G. Cooley Burket. He died May 31, 2003 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Akron, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
